The Way We Were
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The Way We Were
Episode 34
We both clearly know that...
they are both outstanding.
Moreover, they are always together.
They get along, are attracted to each other, and eventually will end up together.
Isn't that... a beautiful thing?
Aren't you jealous or sad?
Do I still have that right?
So, you transferring to another college, it's just out-of-sight, out-of-mind?
My departure...
will give everyone a new start.
It's also for myself.
Sis, I'm not a saint. I'm going to look for them in LA right now.
They went to LA?
Yes. Xiao Qing's roommate told me about it.
It's none of my business where they go.
I don't want to know, either.
Sis, you are really something. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to take it.
I'm going to express my disapproval and curse them to their faces!
What right do you have to do that?!
I don't have the right. You can always go with me!
Chen Ran.
When I personally witnessed Shu Che kissing Xiao Qing, I was thinking,
to hell with rationale and manners!
I wanted to set aside my pride to hit and curse them!
- You should have done that! - What will happen after that?
Whether they will be together in the future or not,
my relationship with Shu Che
ended because of this unbearable ugly scheme.
When I later thought about our current situation,
it was because of this unbearable ending
which toppled everything that was perfect.
I don't want it to be that way.
All my happiness, joy, anger, and sorrows with Shu Che...
are beautiful memories in my heart.
I don't want to destroy them.
That day...
Someone made me realize something.
When you love someone, you don't seize to get him.
Your love for him,
good or bad,
whether he loves you or not,
there is no connection at all.
Your love for him will make him feel the warmth
and let you become a better person.
This is a kind of good love.
Even if eventually, he still doesn't fall in love with you,
you alone have loved completely.
I still remember what someone said to me.
It's good enough that I enjoyed it.
Whether there is hope or not, it's not important
because...
it's all deep love.
It's completed by oneself.
We are finally in LA.
Look at that.
It's beautiful.
This is a confessing place.
If you like anyone in your heart, you bring them here and confess to them.
The person whom I like... is here.
Can I confess to him?
If he's not here,
your wish for him will come true, too.
God, can you hear my wish?
Don't let him know that I like him.
These lamp posts are the landmark of the LA County Art Museum.
It's called "Urban Light".
"Urban Light"?
That's right.
Come, let me take a photo of you.
- It's so beautiful. - You should shoot the lamps first.
Let's shoot the lamps first. Go over there. Get ready.
Hi.
- Good night - Good night.
Anything up?
Nothing.
- Goodnight. - Goodnight.
♫ Waited too long, didn't say anything ♫
♫ What excuses are we still looking for? ♫
♫ The freedom to love, I'm not making any unreasonable demand for it ♫
♫ We have a reason to be together ♫
♫ Fate has bound us together ♫
♫ at the most heart fluttering moment ♫
♫ Your heart is able to accommodate me, but why must you miss out on me? ♫
♫ Quietly thinking ♫
♫ if I should be brave and speak up first? ♫
♫ After loving for so long, we both can ♫
♫ feel the rhythm of each other's heartbeat ♫
♫ How come we still can't speak up? ♫
♫ Our hearts are in great pain ♫
♫ Two lonely souls ♫
♫ What are we still waiting for? ♫
♫ Let's not both suffer alone ♫
♫ We have clearly thought for a long time ♫
♫ After pushing that door open ♫
♫ Let love stay ♫
♫ Be braver and speak up ♫
♫ I don't want to be just a friend ♫
♫ Do it while I still can ♫
♫ Hold your hand ♫
♫ Silently thinking if I should ♫
Goodnight.
♫ After loving for so long, we both could ♫
♫ Feel the rhythm of each other's hearts ♫
♫ How come we still can't speak up? ♫
♫ Our hearts are in great pain ♫
♫ Two lonely souls ♫
♫ What are we still waiting for? ♫
♫ Let's not both suffer alone ♫
♫ We have clearly thought for a long time ♫
♫ After pushing that door open ♫
♫ Let love stay ♫
♫ Be braver and speak up ♫
♫ I don't want to be just a friend ♫
♫ Do it while I still can ♫
♫ hold your hand ♫
♫ Let's not both suffer alone ♫
♫ We have clearly thought for a long time ♫
♫ After pushing that door open ♫
♫ Let love stay ♫
♫ Be braver and speak up ♫
♫ I don't want to be just a friend ♫
♫ Do it while I still can ♫
♫ hold your hand ♫
See? That is exactly what's hindering your heart.
Because Shu Che is outstanding, therefore you don't dare think that he might like you.
But you've already fallen for him ages ago, right?
Shu Che
Missed Call Shu Che
Xiao Qing, the overseas study tour bus is here to pick me up.
I left the car keys at the reception desk. You can pick them up when you wake up.
Once you've decided where to go, message me.
Also, don't forget, breakfast is served until ten.
See you tonight, Shu Che.
Front Desk.
102? Very well. Thank you.
Probably in five minutes.
- Hi, I want to check out. - Hi.
- Oh, you're leaving?
Yes, I'm going back to San Francisco right now.
Okay.
Your friend left this key for you.
I don't need it anymore.
Please, give the key back to him when he comes back here tonight.
- Okay. Thank you. - Thank you. Bye.
Sorry, Shu Che. The firm suddenly notified me to come to work.
I'm unable to remain in LA with you.
Thank you for arranging the holiday even if it was only for a day.
Have a safe trip.
Didn't you say you will be on vacation for four days in LA? Why did you come back in just a day?
I suddenly had to do something.
Suddenly had to do something? I think there is definitely a problem.
Let me ask you. What happened last night?
Nothing happened.
Did you try to get intimate with him or vice versa?
Neither of us did that. We slept in different beds.
Okay then. Let me tell you this, when a single male and female go on vacation together,
the chemistry in the atmosphere will change.
There is a kind of deterioration in the friendship.
Did you realize that? That's why you fled?
What do you mean? I'm firm. This friendship will not deteriorate. I'm going to shower.
Let's see how long you are going to keep lying to yourself.
Here's your desserts. Anything else I get for you?
- No. Thank you. Bye-bye. - Bye.
Hey. What a coincidence.
By the way, I texted your sister. She didn't reply.
Why are you looking for her?
Nothing's up. But what has she been busy with lately?
She's busy with the transfer to a new college.
Transfer to a new college? Where is she transferring to?
The East Coast.
Why?
You really don't know anything?
I don't know. Why is she transferring to another college?
It's better that you ask her.
Miao Ying, you are here too?
I bumped into Chen Ran a few days ago. He said that you are transferring to a college in the East.
That's right.
It's such a major move. Why didn't I hear you mention it?
I didn't tell anyone.
Is it because you are avoiding Shu Che?
Yes.
How are things between the two of you?
Me?
Aren't the two of you together every day?
Other than attending lectures, we haven't really seen each other.
Aren't the two of you already together?
Didn't both of you take a break and go on a vacation together?
We didn't specifically go there on vacation.
It's because I found him a job for evaluating overseas studies.
In order to thank me, he gave me a lift to LA for a few days.
But when I arrived there, my firm called to advise me there was work for me to do.
I left on the second day and came back.
You have really misunderstood me.
What about him kissing you then? Was that also my misunderstanding?
What?
Do you really not know or are you pretending?
When we arranged to meet that night about recommending a job to Shu Che,
you told me that you needed to pick up a friend at the airport.
The other party's flight was delayed and you changed the appointment date with me.
But you didn't tell me that Shu Che was the friend you were picking up.
I waited the whole night at the entrance of Shu Che's home. You later came back together with him.
He kissed you in the car.
Miao Ying, I really didn't know.
What didn't you know?
You didn't know that he kissed you and that the two of you are together every day?
If you really like Shu Che, you should be open, honorable, and tell me about it. I can accept it.
Not secretly see him behind my back. Okay?
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If you really like Shu Che, you should be open, honorable, and tell me about it. I can accept it.
Not secretly see him behind my back. Okay?
I really didn't imagine that
in Miao Ying's eyes, I'm someone
who lies, conceals and does things behind her back.
What do you mean by someone who lies and is two-faced?
Xiao Qing. It's not your problem that Miao Ying misunderstood you. Stop blaming yourself.
Moreover, the two of them had already split up.
They have the right and freedom to love someone else.
That shouldn't be me.
If...
If I really fall in love with Shu Che,
I will only hurt Miao Ying.
If I lose a friendship because of love,
I would rather not have that love in the first place.
If there is a switch to control love between people,
then there won't be terms like uncontrollable and helpless.
They have already broken up.
Shu Che didn't marry Miao Ying, nor are you married.
You two can date righteously.
Miao Ying is not your obstacle, your obstacle is yourself.
Then what do you want to do?
Don't tell me you'll break off the relationship with Shu Che.
They already know that what I want from you in regards to the upcoming investigation
is to help deepen my understanding of Chinese companies.
Chinese people, how they think. The unspoken rules, right?
Now Professor Anderson says that you come from Yanzhou China, is that correct?
- Yeah. - Okay.
That's also a part of the reason why I decided to hire you.
I don't understand. Is that important?
It's the reason we were contacted by a well-known enterprise.
They asked me to lead an internal investigation into a department that
they suspect may be in violation of FCPA, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Now, the headquarters of this particular department is located in Yanzhou China.
So your familiarity with Yanzhou is a great value to me.
That's why I've asked you to assist me in this case.
However, if our investigation should include a relative or even a close friend of yours,
you'll be required to maintain absolute secrecy about your work.
Even if your best friend were involved as a target of this investigation.
You wouldn't be allowed to breathe a single word of your work to anyone.
You wouldn't allowed to bring a single thread of your personal feelings into this investigation.
Just tell me directly. I can have you transferred to another department. Do you understand?
Yes, I promise. I will always be professional and ethical.
Then welcome to MTA.
Hope you make a strong showing of your personal strengths and value to us.
Thank you so much.
[ MTA Law Firm ]
Hi.
Am I misunderstanding?
Are you purposely trying to avoid me?
Yes.
Reason?
Because...
I don't want us to progress unclearly anymore.
Have we been unclear with each other?
I really want to know what you mean by "unclear".
I like you.
But this is wrong. I hate myself for being like this.
You like me? When did it start?
It's not important when I started liking you.
The important thing is that I want to immediately end it now.
That's a bit unfair.
I didn't even know when you started liking me, and now you're telling me that you want to end it.
Then how do you want to end it?
To stop contacting each other?
The reason?
Because of Miao Ying.
So...
Let it be.
You're not a bit curious about how I feel?
I want to ask you,
that night when I went to pick you up at the airport after you have completed the overseas study tour in LA...
You... did you kiss me?
Miao Ying saw it, she was there.
She is going to change universities and leave here.
She doesn't want to face you and she doesn't want to face me either.
But even it's like this, she never criticized us.
Instead, I found myself denying that we were constantly together, in front of her.
I feel really bad.
Therefore, I don't want to continue being like this.
Bye.
Sis, about your application for the college transfer and major,
did Harvard give you a reply?
No.
The chances aren't that high anyway.
Harvard Research College doesn't accept transfer students either.
If you pass the interview for Columbia Business College,
then go to New York.
That's right.
No matter what, as long as it's not here will do.
San Francisco International
You two don't need to accompany me, I'll go in by myself.
Bye-bye.
Sister, I hope you have a rough interview and not pass it.
Safe travel.
I'm leaving.
- Bye-bye. - Bye-bye.
The expenses there are too high.
Hard to find housing and jobs.
W-What?
Let's go.
Sit wherever.
Sit.
Which one do you want?
Anything is fine. I'll take this.
Why are you looking at me like this?
Have you thought well where you want to go?
Not yet.
I know where you are going.
I don't even know, how would you know?
Where my sister goes, you'll follow.
What kind of logic is that?
Just then at the airport, you said something along the lines of,
"The price of living in New York is expensive,
hard to find housing and jobs."
Yes, that's right.
What I said is true.
All those are not issues my sister would worry about.
Rather, they are what you would worry about.
Think about it, if you leave for New York, how am I supposed to survive?
Actually, when you stayed after coming to America, I started to doubt you.
Did you come here because of my sister?
It turned out to be what I expected.
You're crazier than I thought.
Because you're going to go to New York for my sister.
To be honest, before meeting you,
I've experienced many hardships.
Being destitute and homeless, starving, roughing it outside,
amidst shootings and robberies.
Buddy, you have nine lives.
It's true, I'm not exaggerating one bit.
That's why I'm thankful to you.
Although I walked on the wrong path, at least I'm worry-free.
There were so many times...
There were so many times when I couldn't endure it anymore.
But I couldn't even afford to buy a plane ticket to return home.
There were so many times...
I was thick-skinned and just continued staying here.
My existence to her means nothing.
It just had to be at this time that she had to encounter this with Shu Che.
Then do you think that you'll have a chance now?
So you've decided to stay?
No, I've never thought that I will have a chance.
When did you start secretly liking my sister?
Shu Che asked me the same thing.
- He also knows?! - Yes.
Because your sister was getting married, I secretly came here to the US and didn't tell anyone.
The first person to know I came here was Shu Che.
He knows that you started liking my sister back in Qing Hua University?
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♫ Love and hate's margin ♫
♫ Gathering and dispersing ♫
♫ Asking why do you care ♫
♫ Until now, I'm still longing ♫
♫ And I'll still go back to you ♫
♫ I rely on you ♫
♫ Separated but the heart comes back ♫
♫ Remember this love, we understand ♫
♫ That this is just love ♫
♫ Whenever I feel hurt ♫
♫ Do not leave and go far away ♫
♫ How long and how far does it take to heal? ♫
♫ Why don't you just return to the place you fell in love? ♫
♫ Did not say goodbye and silently left ♫
♫ The room is cold and no longer has the warm sun ♫
♫ How much I want to keep the time of you and me ♫
♫ Never forgetting and longing for the love to come back ♫
♫ Love and hate's margin ♫
♫ Gathering and dispersing ♫
♫ Asking why do you care ♫
♫ Until now, I'm still longing ♫
♫ And I'll still go back to you ♫
♫ I rely on you ♫
♫ Separated but the heart comes back ♫
♫ Remember this love, we understand ♫
♫ That this is just love ♫